Kadin Is Ready To Play A Role In The Development Of Manpower Skills

Chairman of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce Arsjad Rasjid. (Photo: ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) is ready to play an active role with the government in developing a skills system for workers in Indonesia to face the industrial era 4.0.

Chairman of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Arsjad Rasjid stated that Indonesian workers must be able to adapt to the era of the industrial revolution 4.0. Moreover, currently the adoption of digitalization of Indonesian companies is only 20 percent, while in other countries such as Singapore, Korea, and China, it has reached 40 percent.

"Therefore, in order for human resources to remain competitive in the digital era, it is necessary to add skills by means of reskiling or upskilling. The increase in employment opportunities must also be in line with increased investment. If not anticipated, the industrial revolution can shift into a social revolution," he said in a written statement on Wednesday. Jakarta, Friday.

For that, according to Arsjad, Presidential Regulation (Perpres) No. 68 of 2022 concerning the Revitalization of Vocational Education and Training must be able to become a common guide and all parties need to work together to formulate effective strategies to deal with problems in this field.

In fact, he emphasized, if needed, junior and senior high school students could be equipped with the ability to be better prepared to face the future by involving HR providers and entrepreneurs so that the competencies provided were in line with needs.

Previously, the International Labor Organization (ILO) Skills Development Project Manager Tauvik Muhamad assessed that Indonesia must immediately accelerate the improvement of youth skills, especially now that there are many instruments that have been issued by the government to support these efforts.

One of them is a regulation recently issued by President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) through Presidential Regulation (Perpres) No. 68 of 2022 concerning Revitalization of Vocational Education and Training.

"In the regulation, the involvement of industry elements is really emphasized to encourage the improvement of the competency quality of young people," he said in a public discussion.

According to Tauvik, to ensure industry involvement in human capital development, it is necessary to have a forum that provides opportunities for industry to be able to contribute to the development of vocational skills.

Director of Competency Standardization and Training Programs, Directorate of Vocational Training and Productivity of the Ministry of Manpower (Kemnaker), Muchtar Aziz said, currently the government continues to prepare the provision of digital and flexible infrastructure and training content as an effort to face the peak of the demographic bonus in 2030 later. .

The Ministry of Manpower plans to adapt the concept of competency development and the facilities available there in order to improve the ability of Indonesian vocational students to compete in the world of work.

In addition, he emphasized the role of industrial apprenticeship programs that will be able to further increase competence as well as smooth the transition from the world of training and education to the world of work.